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Title:

THE URBAN FREEWAY: AN EXPERIMENT IN TEAM DESIGN AND DECISION -MAKING

Accession Number:

00241073

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

THE MULTIPLE FUNCTION OF THE HIGHWAY IS DISCUSSED. HIGHWAYS ARE MORE THAN SINGLE-PURPOSE CONDUITS FOR THE MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE AND GOODS. THEY ARE ALSO DETERMINANTS OF USES FLANKING THE CORRIDOR, AND THEREFORE DETERMINANTS OF LAND VALUES, AND AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT OF THE PUBLIC STRUCTURE DESIGN. A NEW APPROACH IS RECOMMENDED FOR THE DESIGN OF, AND DECISION-MAKING FOR, THE URBAN HIGHWAY. THE URBAN HIGHWAY, AND THE FUNDS THEREFORE, SHOULD BE USED TO PROVIDE FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE ENTIRE HIGHWAY CORRIDOR BY PLANNING FOR JOINT CONSTRUCTION OF THE HIGHWAY AND OF OTHER USES BESIDES ITS RIGHT-OF-WAY, AND OVER OR UNDER ITS ROAD BED. THE HIGHWAY IS A CATALYST, AND THIS CATALYTIC EFFECT SHOULD BE USED TO BENEFIT THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT. THIS OBJECTIVE REQUIRES THAT THE HIGHWAY BE DESIGNED BY THE BROADEST KIND OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAMS. THE MULTIDISCIPLINED DESIGN TEAM MUST BE RESPONSIBLE TO A DECISION-MAKING TEAM, INCLUDING REPRESENTATIVES OF ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT INVOLVED, OF ALL PUBLIC PROGRAMS INVOLVED, AND OF ALL PRIVATE INTERESTS INVOLVED. ALTERNATIVES CONSIDERED BY THE DECISION-MAKING TEAMS SHOULD BE WIDELY PUBLICIZED BY THE NEWS MEDIA BEFORE A SELECTION IS MADE. THE EVALUATION OF ALL ALTERNATIVES SHOULD BE MADE AGAINST THE TOTAL SPECTRUM OF COSTS AND BENEFITS INCLUDING THE TRADITIONAL VALUES OF COST AND EFFICIENCY. THE HIGHWAY SHOULD BE VIEWED AS POTENTIALLY A GREAT WORK OF CIVIC ARCHITECTURE, A SOURCE OF PRIDE AND PLEASURE FOR THOSE WHO DRIVE IT AND THOSE WHO SEE IT FROM THE OUTSIDE.

Supplemental Notes:

Paper sponsored by Department of Urban Transportation Planning and presented at the 47th Annual Meeting.Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved

Monograph Accession #:

01410168

Language:

English

Authors:

Rogers, A C

Pagination:

pp 20-28

Publication Date:

1968

Serial:

Highway Research Record

Issue Number: 220
Publisher: Highway Research Board

Media Type:

Print

Features:

Appendices (2) ; Figures (1)

Uncontrolled Terms:

Right of way

Subject Areas:

Highways; Planning and Forecasting

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Aug 16 2004 6:08AM

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